Rebirth: I Have a Spiritual Spring

Chapter 75: The situation of the Zhao family, a walk in the county town

Zhao Xiaojun on the side laughed and said jokingly: "Mom, do you think that the number one scholar is just because the streets are full of cabbage? Whoever can get the number one scholar will have smoke rising from their ancestral graves. Our family does not have such a blessing!"

Zhao Xiaojun shrugged with a look of helplessness. Li Meili was so angry that she slapped her down, "Don't hurt your mother's heart. I still hope that your younger brothers and sisters will go to college!"

Zhao Xiaojun laughed even louder, "Mom, there is still hope for my little sister to go to college if she works hard. Brother, don't think about it. You are in sixth grade now and you still can't figure out addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. It's not easy to lure cats and dogs into the ground and rivers all day long. If you expect him to go to college, I'm not sure!"

Zhang Wanwan couldn't help but burst into laughter.

Li Meili stroked her forehead, looking like she was about to faint. From the corner of her eye, she saw Zhang Wanwan, as if grasping at a life-saving straw, he stepped forward to hold her hand and begged: "Wanwan, auntie knows that you are very good at reading. Our Pu There is no one in the city who is more capable than you. Can you see if your cousin can be saved?"

Zhang Wanwan looked at Zhang's mother at a loss.

Mother Zhang quickly stepped forward to help her daughter, "Sister, Wanwan has only seen Xiaojun a few times throughout the year? Ask her how she can respond to you? If your child's grades are not good, find him a cram school. If he is unconscious, send him to a cram school. The teacher will supervise the class and watch it every day, so maybe the grades will go up. In short, as long as the child is willing to study, it will never be too late!"

Li Meili sighed, "I understand the truth. Although my family is not very rich, if the child is willing to study, I will be willing to work no matter how hard it is. But that **** didn't put his mind on it. He couldn't even talk about it, and he couldn't fight. He's not afraid of pain, and his skin is so strong that I can't do anything to him. Only his dad can scare him, but his dad sees Tian'er working outside and rarely gets two or three hours' rest when he comes back at night. I don't want to take advantage of him all the time. Let’s bother him with things, alas~”

Zhang's mother sighed after hearing this, and asked: "You should be able to earn a year's income from contracting those fields now!"

"How can it be considered okay?" Li Meili's expression became even more depressed, "There is a lot of land covered. Last year, we planted all the cabbages and harvested them three times. When the superiors came to buy them, they paid 15 cents per pound, which is about 60 tons at a time. They were all taken away by a big truck, and the whole family Young and old work hard in the fields for a whole year and earn more than 50,000 yuan at the end of the year. Fortunately, there are few places to spend money in our rural areas. Everything we eat is grown and raised by ourselves, so it doesn’t cost much. Otherwise, we have to support these people. I am really powerless with three children!”

Zhao Xiaojun was dissatisfied when he heard this, "Mom, I have gone out to work, and now I am the one who pays the money to the family every month, but I don't let you support me!"

Li Meili raised her eyebrows and retorted: "I have raised you for so many years, and I only get you more than 500 yuan a month? You live in my house now, and I will prepare a dowry for you when you get married. Nothing is free of charge." ah?"

Zhao Xiaojun was speechless because of the rebuke, so he just shut up and ate some snacks.

Li Meili's expression became more and more miserable, and she sighed: "I didn't think so much when my children were young. I always felt that if we were more diligent, we would always be able to take advantage of it, but now that my children are getting older, I feel more and more unable to do what we do! Don’t you know that our house is still the old house I married in? Now everyone in the village who has some ability has started to build houses. , no matter how poor you are, you can get a piece of land to lay a foundation or something. We have land but we can’t even lay a foundation. Seeing that Xiaojun is already in his teens, if he is not a good student as his sister said, I’m afraid he will have to If you start making money early, you can get married when you are old. It only takes ten years to build a house for him. I think it will be a big deal! "

Zhang's mother felt very uncomfortable when she heard this. The two sisters had a good relationship. When she borrowed the money, Li Meili had only been married to the Zhao family for a few years. In addition, she gave birth to a daughter. She couldn't hold her head up and be a good person in her husband's family. That's it. In this situation, Li Meili still had the courage to lend her the 10,000 yuan she had saved over the years. Mother Zhang really hoped that her sister could live a prosperous life.

The atmosphere was a bit dull because of this. Even Zhao Xiaojun, who had been talking back to Li Meili, stopped saying anything. Zhao Xiaoqin was an introvert and couldn't do anything. He had not said a word since he came in and called his elders a few times. This It doesn't even make a sound when it's time.

Father Zhang and other grown men would not interfere with women's chats. At this moment, Lu Cui came from the kitchen and greeted her enthusiastically as soon as she entered the living room: "The food is ready and can be served. After eating, we will see if you want to go to the county town. The county town has changed a lot in recent years. We all have I don’t feel much here, my sister-in-law only comes back once or twice a year, it would be a shame not to go there! ”

Zhang's mother thought that the second child was still there, so she responded vaguely.

After a group of people came to the table, the men changed to drinking and talking big words, while the children worked hard with a table of seafood. Rural people are economical. Although Qingpu is close to the coast, villagers usually do not spend money to buy expensive seafood. It can only be seen on the dining table when entertaining guests during festivals or Chinese New Year.

The children enjoyed the food and the elders were also happy to see it.

During this period, Lu Cui specially asked Li Qingqing and her son Li Zhijie to take Zhang Wanwan and the others out. Li Qingqing and Li Zhijie were both older than Zhang Wanwan. They were brothers and sisters and could take care of others. Mother Zhang and the others did not have to worry at all.

We had a lively meal here, and there were bursts of firecrackers outside. Zhao Jun couldn't wait any longer and insisted on going out to play. Li Zhijie simply went to his neighbor's house to borrow some bicycles, and everyone rode their bicycles to the county town.

When Zhang's mother's second sister-in-law Chen Yuelan came to call for help, only Zhang's father and four of them were left. None of the children were seen. Chen Yuelan was so upset that she had to drag Zhang's mother and others to their house.

Li Yongfu's house, which had been bustling with people just now, suddenly became quiet.

A group of children on the county road were having fun riding their bicycles.

There was not much traffic in the county at this time, and due to the Chinese New Year, there were even fewer cars. Looking around, there were only a few motorcycles speeding past on the highway.

Li Zhijie held the money given by Lu Cui in his arms and suggested, "How about I take you to the commercial street to eat? The commercial street is newly developed in the county. It is right next to the park. The scenery is not bad."

Everyone had no objection and followed Li Zhijie to the commercial street.

When she arrived at her destination, Zhang Wanwan found that the place was not as lively and prosperous as she expected. Perhaps it was because on the second day of the Lunar New Year, most of the shops on the street were closed, and the scattered shops that were open did not look like they were doing business, but people were going in and out. There are many tourists in the park. There are many food stalls outside the park and the business is pretty good.

According to their current economic level, they can only afford such street food. Zhang Wanwan didn't mind it. She wandered around the snack street and bought some skewers and pancakes with her own money. She ate it for only three to five yuan. Lasted.

(End of chapter)